1. Ralph Waldo Emerson INTUITIVE SAGE POET

2. Emerson Transcendentalist manifesto- Nature (1836) Transcendentalist manifesto- Nature (1836) There is Correspondence between human soul and everything that exist in the world. There is Correspondence between human soul and everything that exist in the world. Man contains all within himself. Man contains all within himself.

3. Emerson Journal- struggle with philosophical ideas “in order to achieve personal and artistic integration in an age destitute of faith, but terrified at scepticism.” Journal- struggle with philosophical ideas “in order to achieve personal and artistic integration in an age destitute of faith, but terrified at scepticism.”

4. Emerson Individualism and belief in the primacy of personality- admired hero, genius, great man. Individualism and belief in the primacy of personality- admired hero, genius, great man. Seeking integration with nature. Seeking integration with nature. Critical of emergent American commercialism Critical of emergent American commercialism